Car-brake.



No. 687,354. i Patented Nov. 26, lol.

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pAR BRAKE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ WEBER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE ST. LOUIS OAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

CAR-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,354, dated November 26, 1901. Application filedJ'anuary 12,1901. Serial No. 42.965. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Brakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for turning the staffs of street-car brakes.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is an elevation illustrative of my invention, part of the platform and dash of a car being shown in section. Fig. II is an enlarged detail perspective view. Fig. III is an enlarged detail top or plan View. Fig. IV is an enlarged detail elevation.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents part of the platform of a street-car, 2 the dash, and 3 the dash-rail.

4 represents the brake-staff, to which the brake-chain 5 is attached, as usual.

6 represents a casting, secured to the dashrail 3 by means of bolts 7 and braces 8, and

it may be further supported by being connected to the dash by means of braces 9. The upper end of the staff 4 is journaled in the casting 6, and above the casting the staff is provided with a bevel gear-wheel 10. The casting has ends 11, provided with journalboxes 12, that receive a shaft 13. The shaft 13 carries a bevel-wheel 14, that meshes with the wheel 10, and'to one end of the shaft there is secured a hand-wheel 15. By turning the hand-wheel the chain 5 is wound upon the lower end of the staff to apply the brakes, and by turning the hand-wheel in the opposite direction the brakes are released.

The device forms a neat and efiective mechanism for turning the brake-stafi, and there does not exist the possibility of racking the platform, which does exist where ratchet-handles are used, which the motorman allows to fly around when the brake is released and violently shake the platform and dash, which results, as practice has demonstrated, in the Wrecking of the platform and dash.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a car-brake, the combination of a staff, a casting formed to fit the dash of the car to which it is secured and having ends provided with journal boxes, a shaft fitting in the boxes and provided with a hand-wheel and a bevel-gear connection between said shaft and said staff, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-brake, the combination of a staif, a casting formed to fit the dash of the car to which it is secured and through which the staif passes, a shaft journaled to said casting and provided with ahand-wheel, and a bevelgear connection between said shaft and staff, substantially as set forth.

MORITZ WEBER.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

